Honda Internavi is the world's first car navigation system that recommends routes based on real-time traffic data collected via the 3G network from other Internavi-equipped Honda vehicles and provides the most pleasant driving experiences to drivers across Japan. Because of this complex system, it was difficult to communicate its benefit to people.
Honda transferred the continuously tracked information (which is usually used for analysing traffic jams) into a real-time map which tells people which roads are functioning, that helped people who were affected by the disaster. By visualising the invisible system architecture in a different point of view, people can understand Internavi.

Describe the creative solution to the brief/objective.

March 12, 10:30 am. Honda's Internavi identifies the roads that remained intact based on 3G network traffic analysis -- the first to do so, and only 20 hours after the disaster. The following information was publicised in the form of an easy to understand visual map: - Roads that had been used since the disaster - Roads that had not been used in the last 24 hours - Roads that had remained open continuously The information was distributed via Honda’s press release and an announcement on their Twitter and Facebook accounts. It further expanded by other organisations and means.

Describe the results in as much detail as possible.

After releasing the road data through the web on March 12, it spread wildly through numerous SNS platforms. The application of the Internavi data was stretched on March 14, 21:30, when it was adopted on the Google Crisis Response page. This Internavi-fuelled page became an unmatched information source for a Japan in crisis. Following that, many organisations (including the Goverment of Japan Emergency Mapping Team) and individuals mashed up the data to work on disaster relief and recovery.
Furthermore, Internavi’s real-time data collection and distribution proved so useful to people which led to a 120% Internavi membership increase, and 200％ usage jump.